Serious Play Conference Speakers Preview: David Conover

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Serious Games In The Classroom At 2017 Serious Play ConferenceDavid Conover, an innovative high school at
risk teacher, engages his students -- and stimulates an interest in a career in
technology - by having the students build games and simulations for young
patients at Dell Children's Hospital in Austin, Texas.In one of first projects, Conover's class
created a simulation around infectious diseases for use with Minecraft, a
popular software that lets kids program. Next, he took on helping them
use AI and simple robotics to create games that help patients learn why
medicines are important and how to do things like have better discussions with
their doctors about their medical issues. Join David to see how teachers can use
available tools like IBM's Watson AI to learn 20th Century skills. David will give his webinar Thursday, April 17
at 10 a.m. PST, 1 p.m. EST. To listen in, click this link:

David Conover consistently breaks ground in the
area of student engagement through the use of serious games. His specialty has been at risk youth. David
was recently nominated by: The White House as a Maker of Change, IBM has
designated him a Champion of the Cloud for two years in a row and EdCast calls
him a Global Influencer.Taking advantage of both open source and
commercial data base tools, David has introduced such innovations as the first
Medical Minecraft game; health games for children, produced by students; and
more recently, a global cultural curriculum that has his students talking to
other classes of students in other countries about serious issues like
immigration and/or sharing game development experiences.Coming Up: